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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-03-09
FOREIGN.

An explosion occurred in the Beau
BON collieries, at st Etienne. There we're
104 men entombed in the mine, and forty
three have been recovered and sixteen are
dead
Twenty thousand persons are home
less in Italy, owing to tho earthquake.
The losses are estimated at $4,000, 900.
"Of the 800 bodies buried at Diano- Marino,"
says cable dispatch, "only fifteen were
identified Five thousand persons there are
still camping out The air is becoming hor-
ribly offensive, owing to the stencil arising
from the corpses that are yet in the ruins
The structures in which the injured at Ba-
iardo were sheltered were blown down by the
wind, and before the helpless patients could
be removed to a place of safety they were all
covered with snow and half dead from cold
The revolt in Bulgaria has been sup
pressed
The revolt of the garrison of Silis-
tria has been suppressed, one colonel being
killed The leaders in the affair crossed the
Danube, and were placed in custody by the
Roumanian Government.
At the opening of the new Reichstag
at Berlin, the Emperor's speech expressed the
hope that its action would give the nation full
power to repel attacks upon the frontiers, and
thus strengthen the guarantees of peace.
The Ameer of Afghanistan has warned
his subjects to prepare for a holy war. All
boys between 10 and Is years are being pre-
pared for military service.
1t is said on authority that the Pope
will take the most favorable view OF the atti-
tude of Cardinal Gibbons and the American
Bishops toward the Knights of Labor The
letters Of American Catholic statesmen to the
Pope and the personal opinion of Cardinal
Manning all support Cardinal Gibbons, and
the Pope himself it is said, favors the aspira-
ton Of modern labor. So reports a Rome
cablegram.
News is received from Mozambique
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SOUTHERN.

Mobile dispatches give some details
of the burning of the steamer Gardner, on the
Tombigbee River, by which twenty human
lives were sacriiced:
The fire was discovered in q bale OF cotton by
Capt Stone negro deck hand, in throwing
water on the burning bale, set his clothes afire.
Panic stricken he ran from place TO place
setting fire TO cotton bales, and in q few mo-
midstream and in motion. The pilots were
driven from the wheel and the crew and passen-
gers jumped overheard. It is not thought that
moro than one or two were burned. Capt.
Stone saved himself by swimming ashore.
The steamer Tally behind the Gardner
Whiting 70 pass. As soon as the flames broke
out tho Tally lowered her boats and threw over
bales, seed sacks and planks to help the peo-
pie who were jumping from the Gardner. The
heat was 80 intense that the Tally did not dare
70 go near, but her boats picked up q number
of people. When the fire broke out the
Gardner was ordered TO be ashore She
backed, and bells were rung for going ahead,
but the engineers were driven from their post
by the flames, aud the boat dritted into
the woods on tho opposite side from the
place where there was n practicable landing.
Pilot w. III. Wilson remained in the pilot house
until he found that his signals were not obeyed
pilot house, when he fed for his life. He is
much praised for his heroism The cabin boy
&pf the Tally named Barber, colored, performed
koroic deeds. saving hve lives by swimming
4 Z al ye, VIII those in the water. The screams
81 %, -<sate frierhe boat were heartrending. Mira.
inmped in ~ No ing the other two. Thon she
'unpeu IN &Sneeeat her husband were lost
q Mobile <patch states that the
steamer w II. v1lner, one OF the largest
boats plying on the Sambigbee River from
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THE INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK.

Cardinal Gibbons favorable report
TO Pope Leo as TO the aims and standing Of
the Knights Of Labor, set forth in cable dis
patches from Rome, was received with much
rejoicing by the Knights in this country, says
New York special II had been thought by
many Of the leading Knights that the McGlynn
controversy and the attacks made by Henry
George on the church would have prejudiced
the authorities at Rome against the order, and
this fear was aggravated by the fact that
Cardinal Taschereau, who sailed in company
with the American Cardinal, had announced his
intention Of endeavoring to influence Rome,
through IL, in his fight with tho Canadian
knights. The position taken by Cardinal Glib
bons, the knights say, will settle the whole
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-03-09

that the Portuguese have captured the fortress
commanding the Bay Of Tunei.
Prof. Won Treitschke, Prussian his
Photographer, in lecture indicated that he
thought war was inevitable
President Grevy will send special
envoy to Berlin to congratulate Emperor
William on the approaching ninetioth ami
versary of his birth.
George Franklin Anderson, the De-
troit man who was arrested in England for
swindling, has been sentenced to five years
penal servtude.
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The Peoria and st. Louis Air Ii

The Peoria and st. Louis Air Line,
to run from Poor a to East st Louis, has filed
articles of incorporation at Springfield, III.
the capital stock being placed at $1,000, 600.
Ex- Governor Palmer is one of the incor-
porators. Articles incorporating the Wiscon-
sin Midland Railroad, TO run from Chicago
through Wisconsin pineries TO the iron regions
of Michigan, were filed at Madison, Wis The
capital stock is s3,000,00o, and the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy is said to be backing the
project
The Illinois Central road reports for
the past year gross earnings of s12, 529, 493 and
a net income of 81, 73s 952 The track from
Madison to Chicago will be completed this
fall
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Mobile, was burned below Gainesville, Sum-
ter County, Alabama, and twenty persons are
known TO have persisted
In the United States Court at New
Orleans, Judge Pardee decided that tho tax
assessment upon Pullman cars run upon rail
roads OF the State is illegal
Fifteen buildings at South Boston,
Va, with a large quantity of tobacco, were
destroyed by fire. The loss is $4,000, with
insurance of sSS,0o0
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Irish Agitations.

During the past few months new form
of agitation has arisen in Ireland. The
autumn and winter have been season of
distress to the Irish tenants of land, who
have found it hard to pay the rent due by
them TO their landlords. The chief cause
of this is the fact that the prices of the
products raised on Irish soil have fallen
during the past year, while the amount of
rent, on many of the estates, has remained
at the same figure. While, then, the ten
ants have received less for their labor, they
have been expected to pay the same as be-
fore for their land. Rents on very many
Irish estates have been lowered during the
past five or six years by the land courts,
appointed under the land act of 1881. But
these lowered rents were fixed at time
when products brought higher prices than
they do now.
The difficulty which the tenants have had
in paying their rents suggested new plan
to: some of the Irish Nationalist, espe-
cially to two members of Parliament Mr..
John Dillon and Mr.. William O'Brien, and
they organized what is now notorious as
"the plan of campaign" 1t was the pur-
pose of this plan TO protect the tenants from
paying to the landlords q rent which the
organizers of the movement regarded as too
high. In brief, it was proposed that the
tenants should pay into the hands of GER
tain designated members of the National
League-among others Messrs. Dillon and
O'Brien-what was. considered fair rent
for the lands they titled. Money thus re-
ceived was to be held as a trust. The trus-
tees were to proffer to the landlords what
they regarded in each case as fair rent; and
If the landlords refused to accept it, the
trustees were TO hold the money for the
benefit and support of the tenants who had
paid it in.
The plan of campaign was carried on
successfully in many cases. Mr.. Dillon
and others went from place to place and
called meetings Of the tenants, who flocked
in and paid into their hands the sums
agreed upon as fair rents. At the same
time inhammatory speeches were made,
and the agitation became an excited and
serious one. But the Government would
not allow it to 90 OF. Mr.. Dillon was ar
rested and arraigned, and one of the Irish
Judges declared the plan of CAMPAIGN to
be a conspiracy against the law, ard there
fore a crime. But Mr.. Dillon, when set
free on his own recognizances, continued
his speeches and efforts, until he was again
arrested. Several other prominent movers
in the plan were also arrested at the same
time.
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And This i'm ROstou.

Boston people will find it difficult to
believe that the following advertise
ment appeared in the Erening Post,
of Boston, in 1912: "To be sold by
the Printer of this Paper, the very
best Negro Woman in this Town, who
has had the Smallpox and Measles; is
as hearty as a Horse, as brisk as q Bird,
and will work like Beaver, = August
1S 1741
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IRREsoLUTIoN is fatal habit: il is
not vicious in itself, but it leads to
vice, creeping upon its victims with a
fatality the penalty of which many a
fine heart has paid at the scaffold. The
idler, the spend thrift, the epicurean
and the drunka, are among its victims.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-03-09

THE noblest part of friend is an
honest boldness in the notifying of
errors. He that tells me of fault aim
ing at my good, L must think him wise
and faithful-wise in saying that which
1 see not; faithful in plain admonish-
ment not tainted with fiattery.
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THE IRISH TRIALS.
Result of the Traversers' Trial
in acknowledgements
of the Jury.

Notwithstanding the desperate efforts OF
the British Tories 10 obtain the conviction
for conspiracy of Mr.. John DILLON, Mr..
O'Brien aud tie other Irish gentlemen who
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and the Irish "campaigners" stand virtually
acquitted and the so-called plan of cam
paign has received n quasi-legal Indorse-
ment. The result is a staggering blow to
the Tory Government and policy, and will
be disastrous to the Irish landlords. Ten
ants who have hitherto held back from
adopting the plan of campaign. which is no
more than a strike against unjust rents and
pooling of issues by tenants, so to
say, will be emboldened to adopt it
now, and the landlords will have to meekly
surrender or go without any rents whatever.
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HONOR to the true man ever who
takes his life in his hands, and at all
hazards speaks the word which is given
him to utter, whether men will hear or
forbear, whether the end thereof is to
be praise or censure, gratitude or
hatred. Whittier.
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LEARN from the earliest days to in
sure your principles against The perils
of ridicule; you can no more exercise
your reason if you live in the CONSTANT
dread of laughter than you can epjoy
your life If you are in the constant tex
ror of death. SudneU Smith.
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save Irish tenants from the exactions of
heartless landlords, they have failed. The
jury at Dublin refused to agree and were
discharged. The disagreement is equiva-
lent to verdict of acquittal. The Gov
eminent will hardly undertake TO put the
accused gentlemen in the dock again. At
the trial just closed the chances were entire
ly in favor of the Crown. The venue was
changed to Dublin County from Dublin City
that jury of landlords might be obtained.
All the leading members of the Irish bar
were employed by the Crown to prosecute.
The presiding Judge, a n-law of the
infamous Judge Keogh, and bitter parti-
san landlord, presided, and in effect ordered
the jury to convict. All this did not avail,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-03-09
WASHINGTON.

1t is given out that James G. Mat
thews, whom the Senate recently rejected as
District Recorder of Deeds, will soon be APP
pointed Register of the Treasury Gen. Rose
Grams, the report says, will be placed at the
head of the Geodetic and Coast Survey
The river and harbor bill passed by
Congress appropriatos $4,000 for surveys
and estimates for waterway from Lake
Michigan TO Joliet and thence to La Sale,
which, with the improvement of the Illinois
River, would permit the passage Of large
vessels from the lakes to the Mississippi.
The following is recapitulation of
the debt statement issued on the lst inst:
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-01-13

1.-The custom of mOrtgaging I'M
grown crops is SO common and pro-
ductive of so much evil in some parts
Of the south, says the st. Louis Re-
publican, THAT there is more or less
clamOr for legislation to regulate or
prohibit the practice. In Arkansas
many members of the new legislature
were elected under pledges TO work
for arepeal of the law permitting such
mortgages. Farmers who have rent
ed land, or whose land is encountered,
give these crop mortgages as securi-
ties for supplies which they must have.
1t is a common thing for them TO use
this credit to the extreme limit that
the store keeper VIII allow. When
the crop is harvested its entire pro-
ceeds often fall little short of pay
ing the mortgage, and the farmer is
not only again without money or cred
it, but is actually in debt and under
obligation to the store keeper who
has accommodated him. Such a sys
tenn, of course, means high interes
and high prices for everything tn,
farmer buys, yet it would seem yer!
doubtful if law prohibiting thest
mortgages would afford much relief
The evil is not in the law so much a
in a failure TO live within availabl,
means. No legislation will proven
men from running in debt, or teacl
them how to get out of debt, or hy'
within their income"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-01-13


Miss Viola Morgan, of White Rock,
Mimi, has been visiting Miss Rilla
White for the past two weeks.
Ii. W. Babbidge has returned to st.
Paul after his holiday vacation.
Chas. Faberman, of Minneapolis, was
in Prescott Friday.
Mrs. Frank P. Black spent a few
days in Minneapolis last week.
j. W. Clark is up from below spend
ing few days with acquajntances.
Mr.. Clark was one of the engineers
who had charge of the building of the
railroad bridge across the st. Croix at
this place last spring.
Charles Jones, of Oak Grove, received
an engine at this place from st. Paul
last Thursday, which he will use in
his roller mill. the head of water
grind his grists.
Mrs. Eliza Bailey has been to Shako-
pee, MIMI, on visit to her daughter,
Mrs. +. Y. Brown.
A number from this place partici-
pated in the festivities at the Hastings
toboggan slide last Friday night.
Elder Bushnell preached in the NJ.
E. church Sunday, the occasion being
quarterly meeting Sunday.
D. Ii. Bates, of Carman, Mimi, was
in the city Saturday.
Chas. Smith Esq, of River Falls,
perambulated the streets Saturday
last.
Epoch Quimby, of Diamond Bluff,
was up Monday.
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1900
UiuOn.
Wintry weather.

" AhNa "NNSANAs
Our treasurer is at liberty.
School recommended at the Hollow
last Monday.
G.. G. Williams is finishing Supt.
BOwman's school at Pierce Valley
Glen is an old.time Pierce Co. teacher
and ranks at the front in the profess
sion.
r. L. Reed is finishing up B. II.
COrcOran's school in Oak Grove. Won
der who'll inherit Bryan's journalistic
mantle!
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Pearley celegrated
their silver wedding last Saturday.
Taxes are being paid in more closely
this year than last.
The young people tripped the 'light
fantastic" at John Hardy's recently.
Ben Rissue has been setting up the
cigars among the boys on the strength
of newly assumed matrimonial rela-
ton.
Rev. Ward delivered temperance
lecture at Pierce Valley one night this
week.
Rich Hickok has returned from his
visit to Humbird.
A special election will he held at
the Hollow on the 18th OF Jan. to ill
the vacancy in Congress occasioned by
the death of w. 7. Price.
G. W. McMurphy and J. G.. West
were the delegates from this town to
the Republican Convention last week.
| School has clOSpd in the Tudd dis.
trict for the winter.
Henry Hammond intends to 60 tC
Idaho next fall to reside.
Supt. Bowman made his first officia
call on the 4th, in district No. 4.
P. E. Bushnell held quarterly meet
ing in the church last Saturday and
Sunday.
Rev. Kinds preached at the Valley
on the ID.
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At the last meeting of the Union II
was voted to meet at the homes of the
members during the remainder of the
cold weather for several reasons, one
being desire TO keep up a warm
"heartednesss" which we were I'M
unable 10 do on account of the cold in
our usual place of meeting. The meet
ing for Jan. 2lst will be held at the
home of Mrs. A. p. Weld at the usual
hour. Please remember.
All those wanting temperance paper
in their homes, for the young people,
viii do well to subscribe for The
Young Crusader published at I6l La
Sale street, Chicago. IL is only Gets.
per Year aud full of good things.
Miss Miller addressed a large audi.
ence Sunday afternoon in Chicago, on
Social Purity.
1.-The school children of Hesperia.
Michigan, recently divided off into pal =
ties, made nominations for the presi-
dency and cast their ballot for their
candidates The votes stood; PIohib-
itiOn SO; Republican %. An exchange
widely commented upon this fact.
.Straws show which way the wind is
blowing
Yea, verify; | was told the other
day that the boys of to-day will not
vote for the saloons when their Vot-
ing time comes, and this was said by
one of the boys tool. Z. K.
PRAISE THE BoY.-It often costs one
quite struggle to do his simple duty;
and when one does his simple duty in
spite of his temptation to do different
ly, he deserves credit for his doing.
One has no need to live long in this
world to find out this truth.
A bright little boy recently showed
that he apprehended it. He was on
the eve of doing something that was
very tempting to him.
'NO, my son: you must not do that
said his father.
The boy looked as if he would like
to do it in spite of his fathers prohib-
ition; but he triumphed over his incli-
nation, and answered resOlutely:
"All right, papa, wont do it.
There was no issue there, and the
father turned to something else. The
boy waited a minute, and then said in
a tone or surprised inquiry: Papa,
why don't you tell me That's a good
bOyF"
The father took the hint and said
an encouraging word. Perhaps some
other father may need the same hint,
and may profit by the suggestion. 1t
is not well to keep all the kind words
until our friends are dead, and then
put them on the graVe-stOne. - Sab
bath Reading.
Perhaps we mothers need the hint
as well as the fathers; at least let us
think we do and act accordingly.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-01-13

The PrOhibitionists OF the Sth dis.
trict are making great effort during
the congressional campaign, and while
they will have no meetings in this town.
ship their literature is scattered abun-
dainty.
Alba Webster and wife departed
Monday evening on their trip to the
Golden West" They will spend
three months.
The Scandnavians had a party at
the home of Jno. Evenson last Sunday
evening. They report good time.
Union Webster will go to Minneapo-
lis to take course in photography.
Miss B. NJ. Clapp, our County Supt.,
was visiting schools in this vicinity
last week. This is severe weather for
lady to drive about, and large spot
on the lady's cheek showed that the
frost had done its work.
H. r. Morgan took a load of beef to
Saltwater the first of the week.
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STATE OF WISCONSIN.
Proclamation by the Governor.
Special Election for Member Of Congress.

Public notice is hereby given, that a vacancy
having occurred in the Forty ninth Congress OF
the United States, by the death of Hon. William
I. Price. representing the Zig nth Con gressi
District of this State IN said Congress. special
election TO till said vacancy for the remainder OF
the term ending on the 4th day of March, A ID.
1887, will be held in the several counties CON-
posing the District from which the said William
I. Price was elected on
TUESDAY, JANUARY Is, 1857.
The counties in which the said election will
be held are as follows, to-wit:
The counties of Barron, Bayfield,, Buffalo,
Burnett. Clark. Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire,
Jackson, Pepin Pierce, Polk, ST. CrOix, Trem-
pealeau and Washburn.
Said election will be conducted and the result
canvassed and certified in like manner as at
General Elections.
In testimony whereof, have hereunto
subscribed my name and caused
the Great Seal of the State of
Wisconsin to be affixed.
[GREAT SEAL Done at the Capital, in Mad
ison, this thirteenth day of De-
cember. in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-six.
JIM. RUSK.
BY the Governor:
ERNST G. THINE, Secretary of State.
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Mrs Ephriam Smith, of this town,
was adjudged insane, and taken TO the
asylum last week by Sheriff Scott.
Miss Nina LOwater has gone to
River Falls to attend the Normal.
Miss Lettie Condie has new organ.
Taxes are being paid into the town
treasury promptly.
+. X. Condit lost valuable horse
a few days ago, which died from the
effects of an accidental injury.
Hubert Cheney and Frank Lowater
have each recently given a party to
their young friends at their respective
homes.
The mercury indicated 49, belo W
zero on the morning of Jan. I.
A large number of stave bolts are
being cut and hauled 10 0livet.
David Scott has returned to Rock
Elm to live.
Our merchants are busy invoicing.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-01-13

Taking as text for short sermon
the remark of Bishop Ireland, of Min
nesota. to the effect that the American
laborer, earning 50 or SO day, can
not support his family, his church and
a saloon. the Chicago News says:
Zone of these must go or be neglect
ed. 1t is the expenditure of money
for wholly useless things that is ex-
travagance, and nothing is more USE
less To him than the saloon. Yet you
will always find these depraving insti-
tutiOns thickest, the country over, in
the vicinity of shops, mills and fac
tories. There is no exception to this
rule in this or any other. That his
clothes must be made to order and OF
a quality and expense equal to that of
his employers is no extravaganza, fol
the employer may be far less able t.
dress respectable than his men, or, il
he is not, he may not have the taste
and refinement that even moderate
expense in dress may satisfy. 1t is
wholly unnecessary expenses Of d
wOTkingman that marks not only his
own frugality but his regard for his
family and welfare. and indicates his
desire to improve his own condition
and theirs. These sentiments keel
him from righteousness on the one
hand, and wastefulness on the other
and the mean between the two doe:
not stimulate or encourage eXtTava
gance."
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Col. Ingersoll says that mo man has
right TO more land than he can use. .
This remark coupled with the fact that
Col. Bob and one partner own a little
field in New Mexico sixty miles broad
by ninety miles long, leads the St
Louis Republican to fear that the great
infidel feels ground down by land
monopoly that does not allow him to
get enough for a decent calf pasture.